No Buck O you guys lost because you can only depend on a dwindling pool of voters.
I apologize to America's young people, whose dashed dreams and dim employment prospects I had laughed at, believing these to be a direct result of their voting for Obama.
On closer examination, it turns out that young voters, aged 18-29, overwhelmingly supported Romney. But only the white ones.
According to Pew Research, 54 percent of white voters under 30 voted for Romney and only 41 percent for Obama. That's the same percentage Reagan got from the entire white population in 1980. Even the Lena Dunham demographic -- white women under 30 -- slightly favored Romney.
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Non-Hispanic Caucasians are around 66% of the population and receive 38.8% of all welfare benefits.
Blacks comprise 12.4% of the population and receive 39.8% of all welfare benefits.
Hispanics are 16% of the population and receive 15.7% of all welfare benefits.
Asians are 4.5% of the population and receive 2.4% of all welfare benefits. They are also better educated than any other racial demographic group.
"Other" 1.1% of all welfare benefits.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009, Report P60